John Kenney Book Talk

Join New York Times bestselling author John Kenney on Monday, June 15, at 7 PM for a discussion following his latest release — I See You’ve Called in Dead.

Obituary writer Bud Stanley isn’t really living his best life. He’s fallen into a funk after a divorce. (She left him for another man, who, in fairness, was far more interesting.) He’s not doing his job well. He’s given up on dating. And he’s about to be fired for accidentally publishing his own obituary one mildly drunken night (though technically the company can’t legally fire a dead person).
As Bud awaits his fate at work, he does the only logical thing: he goes to the wakes and funerals of total strangers to learn how to live again.

Thurber Prize-winning author John Kenney’s I See You’ve Called in Dead (Zibby) is one of NPR’s Books We Love and a 2026 Gotham Book Prize finalist.